Passion Project Poster

Today Olivia and I made a phone call to our principals and asked if we could put a box in the office and posters around the school to let people know about a book drive that is going to close on the 8th of July which is a Friday.
The books are going to be collected then sent to a school called Discovery 1 in Christchurch.

Gifted week

This week is gifted week. At enrich you will probably find someone who thinks alike, whereas at home school you might feel as if you think differently to everyone else because you are gifted. The thing about being gifted is that you go to enrich. At enrich subjects link with each other and you don't just do reading, writing, maths, spelling etc. You do most of your work on the computer or in our books. we also do workshops to help strengthen some of your abilities you aren't as high in like internet searching, chemistry, P4C (philosophy for children) and questioning plus lots of other workshops. There are lots of models of giftedness but we mainly learn about Renzulli's and Gagne's. Renzulli thinks that you have to have task commitment, above average ability and creativity. Gagne thinks that if you are gifted you are born gifted and its a chance , so do I but enrich only excepts people whom are gifted in school things and not who are gifted in sports, but then again you could be gifted in sports and school.

Chemistry

Today I did the chemistry workshop with Katie. We made casein and here is the recipe...

Ingredients:

2 Cups of full milk (dark blue top)

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1/4 cup of vinegar

You will also need:

Medium sized pot

Wooden spoon

Measuring cup/spoon

Small dish

Sieve

Somthing to use as a mold to set your casein on

Paper towel

Instructions:

1.From the two cups of milk, measure out 2-3 tablespoons into a small dish. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda and mix until there are no lumps.

2.Pour the remaining milk and the milk and baking soda into the pot.

3.Heat on a low-medium heat until the mixture starts to bubble, you don't want to boil it.

4.Turn the heat off.

5.Add 1/4 cup of vinegar and mix at the same time.(The mixture will start to bubble and thicken)

6.Drain the mixture through the sieve until you are left with the lumpy part only (casein).

7.Place te casein on your mold.(A yoghurt pottle lid is a good mold to use).

8.To remove excess moisture pat with paper towels.

9.Leave to set overnight or put in fridge for it to set quicker.

Casein is a dairy product that can be used for lots of things like a thickener or buttons. The buttons were used for soldiers so if they got hungry they could eat them. Casein is also edible but if you try it first it tastes like nothing then it tastes horrible, in my opinion you should not taste this horrible casein. This was an interaction because all the chemicals interacted with each other.